wait a minute

wait a minute idiom
  1. Stop, I want to say something, as in Wait a minute—he wasn't there yesterday.
  2. What a surprise, as in Wait a minute! It was you who called the police? For a similar phrase, see hold everything.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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